| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alain Resnais | Crew | Editing | Editor, Assistant Director |
 Nicole Védrès | Crew | Directing | Director, Scenario Writer |
Pierre Braunberger | Crew | Writing | Scenario Writer |
André Brulé | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
André Gide | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Berthe Bovy | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Camille Saint-Saëns | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Charles Pathé | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Claude Dauphin | Cast | Actor | Le narrateur |
 Colette | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Cécile Sorel | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Eugène Silvain | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ferdinand Zecca | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Firmin Gémier | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Francis de Croisset | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gabriele D'Annunzio | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gabrielle Dorziat | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Gabrielle Robinne | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Gabrielle Réjane | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Georges Carpentier | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Georges Courteline | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Guillaume Apollinaire | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Henry Bataille | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) (as Emperor Wilhelm II) |
 Leo Tolstoy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) (as Leo Tolstoy) |
 Marcelle Praince | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Maurice Barrès | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Maurice Chevalier | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Mistinguett | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Monty Woolley | Cast | Actor | Narrator, US version (voice) |
Paul Mounet | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 René Alexandre | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Sarah Bernhardt | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Czar Nicholas II of Russia | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Édouard de Max | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Auguste Renoir | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Auguste Rodin | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Claude Monet | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Félix Galipaux | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Lucien Guitry | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Arthur Meyer | Cast | Self - patron de presse et écrivain (archive footage) | |
Pierre Veber | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Gaston Ouvrard | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Marcel Prévost | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Polaire | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 King Alfonso XIII of Spain | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Wilhelm Prinz von Preußen | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Paul Valéry | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Andrew Carnegie | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Sem | Cast | Self - caricaturiste (archive footage) | |
Raymond Poincaré | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Jean Jaurès | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dranem | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Jean Mounet-Sully | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Nellie Melba | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Marcel Cachin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Buffalo Bill Cody | Cast | Self (archive footage) (as William F. Cody) | |
Cléo de Mérode | Cast | Self - danseuse et modèle (archive footage) | |
Armand Fallières | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Wilhelmine de Hollande | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Aristide Maillol | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Marie Marlin-Poirier | Cast | Self - reine des reines de Paris 1901 (archive footage) | |
Alice Bonheur | Cast | Self - chanteuse et actrice (archive footage) | |
Paul Déroulède | Cast | Self - auteur et militant politique (archive footage) | |
Paul de Cassagnac | Cast | Self - journaliste et homme politique (archive footage) | |
René Viviani | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Madeleine Roques | Cast | Self - actrice de la Comédie-Française (archive footage) | |
 Emmeline Pankhurst | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Charles-Henri-Célestin Gibier | Cast | Self - évêque de Versailles (archive footage) | |
Théophile Delcassé | Cast | Self - homme politique (archive footage) | |
Gaston Rivierre | Cast | Self - coureur cycliste (archive footage) | |
Charles Maurras | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Jean Bouin | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Gustave Charpentier | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Aristide Briand | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Julia Bartet | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Régina Badet | Cast | Self - actrice et danseuse (archive footage) | |
Duchesse d'Uzès | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Montéhus | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
